we assessed the lower urinary tract symptoms (luts) in prostatic cancer patients and investigated the sensitivity and specificity of international prostate symptom score (ipss) in the screening of these patients. a total number of 132 prostatic cancer patients as the case group who were confirmed by the pathologists and 101 noncancerous men as the control group, aged 50 or older, responded to a...

1024x768 normal 0 false false false en-us x-none fa background : carpal tunnel syndrome (cts) is the most prevalent form of peripheral neuropathy. the efficacy of acupuncture in management of mild to moderate cts has been investigated in limited studies with controversial results. the aim of this study was to assess the short-term effects of acupuncture in treatment of mild to moderate carpal t...

asthma management is a major concern because some asthmatic patients either do not respond or else hardly respond to treatment. therefore in the present study, an attempt has been made to determine the predictors of treatment response in asthmatic patients. thirty six asthmatic adults including 13 male and 23 female were studied dur¬ing a 3 month treatment period. asthma symptom score (ss) and ...

background: in order to use international prostate symptom score (ipss) in the iranian population, a valid and reliable persian version of this questionnaire is required. to date, this version of ipss with those characteristics is not available. material and methods: for evaluation of the validity, the original version of ipss (english version) was translated into persian and after 3 weeks was ...